Hello keystone,

Identifying a tomato variety from a description is nearly impossible since taste is subjective and there can be a great deal of variance in appearance of a variety in different regions due the the influence of the myriad of factors in growing tomatoes.

If an "expert" examined your tomato and the plant it came from, they would be able to tell you if the plant were determinate, semi-determinate, or indeterminate; regular leaf, potato leaf, or rugose; perhaps cherry, paste, heart or beefsteak. But if the "expert" was not told what variety that "big fat juicy tomato" was, there is no way to know.

They only way to be relatively sure of what tomato you have, is to obtain seed from a reputable source, atart them yourself, make sure you label them and do not mix them up.....and even then it might not be correct. LOL!

If you can contact the place you got the tomato and find out what yellow varieties they offered, you might be able to narrow it down, but it is still a long shot.

Sorry I couldn't offer you a solution.

Betsy

Thanks Betsy. I realize noone could for sure tell me what particular variety it was based soely off of such a brief Internet description. What I am looking to do is tap the wealth of knowledge on this board for suggestions or guesses. It was a very heavy producer and made good sauce so I'd like to grow it again, but am at a loss as to what it is. Going through Tatiana's or a similar catalogue is fairly useless as there are HUNDREDS of yellows, and lots have no picture to compare to. Again just looking for some guesses suggestions based on my description. Thanks.

Your only shot is if you still have any fruit left, to save some seed. It's not hard.

Keystone,

"...there are HUNDREDS of yellows..."

And you just hit the nail on the head as to why most people won't even venture a guess. As Garf says, you could try saving the seeds if you have a fruit from it, but even that may not work since you don't know if what you got was an heirloom or open pollinated tomato or a hybrid.

I still think going back to the original source for your plant and asking what they might have had that was yellow will be your best bet.

OTH, you could always search this forum for "favorite yellow" if you are just looking for suggestions since I KNOW that there have been threads about favorite yellows in the past.

I hope that helps.

Betsy